LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 196 (Fri. 2021/07/16 20:06 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 196 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
If you are primarily interested in the "IN THE NEWS" part, click here.
This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since July 12
(07/13 onward).
Website for the General Public, with a lot about my LeviCar project: http://www.LeviCar.com.
Website for Innovative Transportation Professionals: http://www.PROACCTIVE.info.
Website as a substitute for the former blog on EVWorld: http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php. It has the same content as the previous blog,
except for some explanatory notes. The “catch phrases” are in small type,
and highlighted in yellow.
All three websites, above, are “gluten-free” (no cookies) and “caffeine-free” (no java[script],
or any other script).
All of LULUE’s events are either in LeviCar.com or PROACCTIVE.info, or both.
LULUE has only upcoming events and a list of various organizations’ event calendars.
Many of the links to EV World are still on LeviCar.com, and I was able to recover them from
“The Wayback Machine”.
Research Paper: Click here
to download or view my 25‑page Research Paper, The Future of MagLev: How the
Magnetic‑Levitation SuperTurnpike will Revolutionize Ground Transportation (.doc format).
Contest notice:
The “Create the Future” 2021 Contest is open for voting only Click
here. For my own entries for 2019-20, click at: http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture.
Other Contest:
NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition
(postponed due to COVID-19).
Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
Dept. of Energy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoE-SBIR
Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) —
Added new announcement
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Events on the websites:
Webinars for the Dept. of Energy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) solicitation
Tu‑W, July 20‑21
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoE-SBIR-Webinar
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#DoE-SBIR-Webinar
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Su‑Th, January 9‑13
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TRB-AM
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TRB-AM
Revised Events on the websites:
None
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., July 26):
TechConnect Europe Innovation Conference & Expo
Call for Presentation: Abstracts (300 words max.) due Fri, Jul. 16 (Today, unlikely to be extended)
DoDSBIR/STTR Programs
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -15 and -16 will be open until Wed, Jul. 15, 12 noon EDT.
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -17 will be open until Tue, Jul. 20, 12 noon EDT.
• ARMY SBIR 21.4 -038 will be open until Wed, Jul. 21, 12 noon EDT.
• ARMY SBIR 21.4 -039 will be open Wed, Jul. 21, and close to direct communication with topic
authors at that time.
IN THE NEWS (Notice that the criteria for this are much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):
What I would like you all to do is to check my list of blogs and bulletins, currently at
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Group-B and look at any
of those that you think are interesting, and subscribe them if you wish – most of the subscriptions are free.
This way, you can keep up-to-date. I shall continue to post links to exceptional articles in the newsletter, as well
as articles from sources not on the list. Later, I plan to separate out this list into a standalone webpage.
Batteries:
The UK Lithium-Ion Economy Gets a Much-Needed Boost From Nissan: Is it Enough?
EV Charging:
Infineon Technologies Fast DC EV Charging Solutions
(Product spec., but has useful information.)
Sacramento public‑private partnership builds DC fast charging hub at light rail station park‑and‑ride
Electric Trucks:
Electric Semi-Trucks Enter Race Toward Reaching Zero Emissions
Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
Comment: Why battery power is the future for HGVs (Heavy Goods Vehicles)
(See particularly this comment.)
Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
World’s biggest green hydrogen hub announced for Western Australia
Electric Aircraft:
Flying Taxi Startup Whisper Aero Aims to Keep Noise Levels Down
Heaviside becomes fourth eVTOL to receive military airworthiness approval
[Includes video (14:23) that I did not fully review.]
Collins Aerospace begins fabrication on 500KW electric motor for Airlander 10 aircraft
Governmental Affairs:
How to Make EVs Affordable to More Consumers.
(Also pertains to “Electric Cars”.)
Miscellaneous:
Here Are 9 Vessels That Are Helping Norway Lead the World in Electric Ferries
Underwater Buoyant Balloons as a Way of Storing Off-Shore Wind Energy?
Technical Articles and Papers:
Apply to download techncial paper:
Magnifying the power of lithium-ion battery materials
OLD NEWS:
Saints Alive!
The many vehicles of the Sainthood.
Micropost: If Sacco had Prevailed?
We wonder if the 1991 Mercedes-Benz W140 might have fared better … if
Bruno Sacco had been allowed to realise his original vision for the car..
Swiped Left
Amid high hopes, Argentina’s Zunder proved a damp squib..
Searching for the Next Big Thing
We recall three vehicles from different European manufacturers, … all
failing comprehensively to break the stranglehold of the status quo.
Under the Knife – Swings and Roundabouts
Largely unnecessary, possibly retrograde; the Focus got the Kinetic treatment in 2007.
Special notes:
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Rest assured that I am not giving or selling your e-mail addresses to anyone.
The websites are updated as needed. New and recently-revised items are indicated by small ovals on the upper-left
corners of the link-blocks. See http://www.LeviCar.com/Guide.HTML#Oval.
Please rely more on the websites for the most current information. This newsletter may contain more detail
about why things were updated or changed, or removed. You do not need to have the newsletter to get the
full benefit of the websites.
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Thank you for your attention.
— Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)